Retail guru george davies , who created the per una brand for marks and spencer , told me : " the fashion industry is very sensitive and the mood is currently cautious . "
On a recent tour of per una outlets , mr davies found women were not buying clothes ahead for anything resembling a " season " , just making one-off purchases on impulse or from necessity .
Mit hopes the una toolbox , an open-source plug-in for the arcgis mapping program , will enable urban designers , architects , planners , and geographers around the world to better understand how the spatial patterns of cities will affect the way people live and move around their urban environments .